Thursday, August 30, 2007

SENATE APPROVES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BILL

August 29 - The Missouri Senate today approved the economic development bill, HB 1, sponsored by Representative Ron Richard and handled in the Senate by Senator John Griesheimer.

The Senate debated for more than 10 hours on the bill and added six amendments, none of which appear to be problematic. The bill must now be approved by the House. The House plans to take the bill up at 10:00 a.m. Thursday.

This was an extraordinary outcome and is the direct result of emails and phone calls from MEDC members.

If approved by the House on Thursday, the bill will be sent to the Governor for signature.